

Cruel Summer
“The truth is how you see it.”
Taking place over three summers - 1993, 1994, 1995 - in a small Texas town, a beautiful popular teen, Kate, is abducted and, seemingly unrelated, a girl, Jeanette, goes from being a sweet, awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town and, by ’95, the most despised person in America.
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1.Happy Birthday, Jeanette Turner
7.320-04-202146mTaking place over 3 summers in the 90s when a popular teen goes missing, and a seemingly unrelated girl transforms from a sweet and awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town...

2.A Smashing Good Time
7.820-04-202143mIt’s time for the annual Skylin Garden Club Party! Year after year after year, the residents of Skylin struggle with the truth around what happened to Kate, keeping their secrets b...

3.Off with a Bang
7.427-04-202143mVictim or villain? Jeanette continues to add fuel to the fire as her reckless behavior causes her friends and family to question her even more.

4.You Don't Hunt, You Don't Eat
7.504-05-202143mKate, reeling from the lawsuit, prepares her defense and finds friendship in an unlikely source. The annual Wallis hunting trip becomes the setting for an important first meeting.

5.As the Carny Gods Intended
7.511-05-202143mJeannette and Kate cross paths at the Skylin High takeover of the County Fair, where one is desperate to prove herself and the other to lose herself.

6.An Ocean in Me
7.518-05-202143mA new deposition threatens Jeanette’s case. A discovery causes Cindy’s suspicions about her own daughter to reach new heights as her relationship with Greg becomes further strained...

7.Happy Birthday, Kate Wallis
7.825-05-202143mKate struggles with a family secret she’s been holding on to. Joy tries to convince Kate to go on “The Marsha Bailey Show.” Mallory has a birthday surprise.

8.Proof
7.801-06-202143mOn the first day of school, everyone learns that the drama of the summer is anything but over and that some people will pay more for the consequences of Jeanette and Kate's decepti...

9.A Secret of My Own
8.408-06-202143mKate's closely held secrets and fragmented memories of her time in Martin's captivity are brought to the surface.

10.Hostile Witness
8.215-06-202145mKate and Jeanette's worlds collide as the court date arrives, finally forcing the two young women to answer the question on everyone's mind, but the answer comes with a price that...
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